Sr GWCC QA Tester

Role: Sr GWCC QA Tester Position Type: Full-Time Contract (40hrs/week) Contract Duration: 6-12 months+ Work Hours: 3:30am- 11:30am ET Work Schedule: 8 hours/day (Mon-Fri) Location: Hybrid - (3x days onsite/week in Pune, India) ROLE SUMMARY Leads quality assurance testing activities for Guidewire ClaimCenter applications, ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality solutions that support Commercial Property & Casualty insurance business operations. Collaborates with business, development, and project teams to define testing strategies, validate system integrations, manage defects, and drive successful software delivery within Agile environments. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES Develop test plans and testing strategy documents, review with management, and execute testing activities. Estimate upcoming testing efforts, plan resources according to priorities, and deliver quality results within project timelines. Analyze requirements, develop test scenarios and test cases, execute test activities, and review QA team results. Perform in-depth analysis of QA, UAT, and production issues, document findings, validate fixes, and track defects through resolution. Coordinate with business analysis, development, and management teams to resolve questions and drive activities to completion. Develop and execute SQL queries for data validation and testing activities. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS 7+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years of Guidewire ClaimCenter integration and configuration testing experience. Experience delivering at least two end-to-end Guidewire ClaimCenter implementations within the Commercial Insurance industry. Hands-on experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter integration testing and working knowledge of PolicyCenter. Strong proficiency in SQL development and database validation activities. Experience working within Scrum or other Agile development methodologies. Experience performing data validation for product migration and conversion initiatives. Experience using test management tools such as Microsoft Test Manager, Rally, and Jira. Experience working with legacy mainframe environments and performing integration testing across ClaimCenter, mainframe, and SAP systems. Experience with SoapUI testing. Working knowledge of XML. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS Experience in Property & Casualty insurance is required; Commercial Insurance experience is preferred. Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills. Ability to lead testing efforts across multiple concurrent initiatives. Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills. Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment. Strong defect triage and root-cause analysis capabilities. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Masters degree preferred. Guidewire ClaimCenter Analyst Certification preferred. ",